Yes it is a bit worrying the amounts of money being pumped into the club by Hope. I don't know much about the guy, but he doesn't strike me as being super rich- if he is putting money in (and he can afford it) knowing he won't get much of it back then fair enough, but if he expects to see it come back, then I think he is a bit misled. I was hoping that he was aiming to recoup his money by offering cheap deals to visiting clubs fans to stay at his hotel & make a 'weekend of it', but I haven't seen much of this going on... if we were to get up to Champ level, then this would be a good option for Hope as some of the teams up there have good away followings who would travel for a weekend in numbers- Widnes & Leigh for example...

I think the club really need to sell it to the footy club that using Bloomfield Road all year round is a bonus to them- we should aim not to pay rent, but to give the footy lot a cut of the match revenues.

he wont let you down if you can keep him fit.

signed jonny walker from wigan on dual contract to replace tuson, played well today very strong go forward and defended well

Struggles to keep his weight down by all accounts, bit chubby, just ask Pemps (Lee) off the Wigan board.

Certainly doesn't look that way, if anything he looks a bit lightweight for a forward wth a SL club.

Hits and runs it up well above his weight though, been very impressed with him so far.

Hopefully we've not seen the last of him in a Panthers shirt.

Read the thread titled 'Making their mark at Blackpool Panthers' on the Wigan board to find out more about his weight problem.